Ask A Paramedic, /b/.
Nationally Registered Paramedic, state licensure is held in a state in the southeastern United States. I also volunteer my time as a firefighter. The paramedic part is a paid gig.
I work for a county third service that is funded by the tax payers. I'm actually on shift now, posting from my phone because I'm bored. I've got 6.5 hours left in my 24 hour shift.
Gonna try the sleep thing soon and pray to Cthulu that I don't get a call.
Come on, /b/. You know you have questions. Keep me occupied.
you ever read Population: 485?
more topically, how often do patients (drunk, high, just stupid) try to get rough with paramedics? does it happen a lot?
what are your shifts?
>>712710528
OP here.
Assaults on prehospital care providers (EMTs, medics) are actually on the rise and have been since 2010. Going further out, you can also include fire service personnel in this demographic and the numbers get more ridiculous.
Most go unreported to supervisors or law enforcement.
Personally, I've been kicked in the chest once when I was still an EMT - while offloading a patient from the unit - and I've had a gun pointed at me. Lucky, law enforcement was on scene and quickly subdued the person doing the gun pointing.
>>712710665
OP here.
I'm on a rotating ABC shift. I'm normally an A shift dweller, but I picked up some sweet overtime today on C shift.
I work 24, then I'm off 24. Then back on. Then off. Then on again. Then I'm off for four days.
Once a month I get extra time on my paycheck for a week of "on-call" time -- when the supervisor runs out of people to call on the part time list to fill a suddenly open position - say if someone calls in sick - they call me or one of the other three people on call that week.
>>712710742
>I've had a gun pointed at me
wut
is there any part of that story you can tell without breaching privacy?
Are fentanyl deaths on the rise? My cop uncle says more people are dying from this shit now than heroin itself.
Can narcan even help with that shit
>>712710275
You ever molest any of your patients on the way to the ER?
What is your opinion on picking up people who attempted suicide? I recently attempted and failed and continuously said sorry and my paramedic seemed to feel bad for me. I felt like shit.
>>712710912
Yeah.
It was a cardiac arrest victim - a family member got pissed at my partner and I because quite frankly, this dude was done. We were gonna do what we needed to do in order to call our doctor and say "hey, dude is dead."
Family member didn't like it when we decided to cease resuscitative efforts. Grabbed a gun, told me and my partner we were going to keep doing our thing.
Then the cops got involved. Taser, taser, Taser!
Had to call another unit. Overall shitshow.
>>712710974
Our problem around here is still heroin and crack - and pills like Oxy or Xanax. I've not ran into bootleg fentanyl yet.
Oh, and formaldehyde laced marijuana.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate, but still an opiate derivative. It'd probably take a lot, but yes. Narcan works to block opiate receptors. One would then assume it would still work the same as on any other opiate.
Do you have to clean up and restock the ambulance before it can go out again? How long is the downtime after something like in that pic?
>>712711361
>formaldehyde laced marijuana
do fucking what
>>712711091
Picked up a fellow who literally walked from one county to another to call for help because he was off his depakote and rispirdal and was feeling suicidal for two days.
I've been there. I have demons. I usually try to be as empathic and patient as I can.
>>712710996
What are you, ten?
Gb2bed, kiddo. Adults are talking.
Ever picked up anyone who was having sex when something went wrong?
>>712711362
I've had my rig look like that once or twice since I became a medic. Usually, I try to clean as much of it up - and help my partner do so as well - while still at hospital. But I also have paperwork to finish.
Downtime can be 20 min to an hour, depending on the extent of the mess. Over an hour, I start getting phone calls and ass chewings.
>>712711696
Nope. Sadly, the everyday dealings of paramedics, EMTs and firefighters aren't like Chicago Fire or Real Tales from the ER on the Discovery Channel.
>>712711184
Detroit EMT here. It's getting bad in the area. Everyone is quitting because the niggers have been stabbing and shooting us when trying to help.
>>712711447
Oh yeah.
They use formaldehyde to try and weigh the shit down. Higher profit margin.
Shit you not.
Usually makes the person less high and more panicky, in terms of physiological signs and symptoms; you see insane tachycardia and a lot of sweating.
>>712710275
Are you a Dopamine or Levophed guy?
I know it's a protocol issue but I like getting other medic's personal opinions.
>>712710275
show us your body?
firefighters have always been a fantasy
>>712711990
I feel your pain, my /b/rother.
Hold down the fort. Things can't get too much worse. At least you're not fire department based anymore, right?
That had to lead to SOME better policy changes. Right?
>>712712218
No pics. Sorry.
Whats the worst thing you have seen, and or done?
What sort of stuff is common for you to pick up? I figure it'd be traffic accidents, cardiac stuff, maybe drug stuff. But is there anything normal people wouldn't think of?
>>712712205
Depends on the situation. Post arrest? Sepsis?
I like levophed, but a lot of folks I work around are old school and like dopamine. We don't carry Levophed here tho, even though in the rest of the fucking world it's considered a standard of care for severe sepsis and hypotension related to it.
>>712711677
>avoiding the tough questions
Come on now Mr. Paramedic, answer the fucking question.
>>712712222
>Things can't get too much worse
Things can always get worse.
>>712712222
Nice quads. But no. Calls don't stop.
>>712712445
What a colossal faggot
>>712712258
A 14 year old girl full of bullet holes on Christmas morning at 3am, on the side of a busy state highway. Because some gang bangers got pissed off.
Blood pooled from running out of the side door under the ambulance because she bled out while we tried to fix her.
Don't open that box for me tonight, please.
>>712710275
Ty for your service.
Hey OP, you in SC? Sounds like my home area (sad to say that), but I guess the whole southeast is pretty bad off especially right now.
thanks for helping folks, even though I know it goes greatly underappreciated while you're doing it.
>>712712445
The answer is no, pleb.
>>712712643
Nah. Further south.
>>712712556
Macabre
>>712712517
I'm sorry to hear that.
I'll send you some good, anon vibes. Hang in there, yo.
>>712712707
Hmmm. Savannah or Jacksonville/Gainsville metro? Hard to try to parse down fucked areas with current climate.......
>>712712862
Yeah. It is.
I had been working for six months. This was in 2011. I was still a new EMT and hadn't really been broken in yet.
I don't remember getting back to the station and decontaminating the unit. It's all blacked out.
>>712712949
Nope and nope. Too far south.
Try harder.
>>712711447
Not OP.
That's actually an old practice, usual slang for it is 'wet.' There are other variants/recipes; the intent is adding stronger, more vivid hallucinatory effects. Can't particularly say it ends well, considering it's an industrial chemical....
>>712713079
"Wet" is slang for PCP, not formaldehyde.
Do you like you job or do you wish you could go back and do something else,
also, how long did it take to get used to the gore?
how do you deal with stress?
>>712713079
OP here.
I had never heard of an actual term given to it. Thanks for the updated vocabulary.
>>712712904
Thanks guy. We had one guy get kidnapped and found burned alive a week later. The guy who killed him did it because he couldn't save his doped out wife. People don't understand we do all we can absolutely do.
>>712713075
Shit. You must be out in the middle of nowhere. Don't tell me you're stuck on 82 out of the Brunswick/3Ws (Waverly etc) area?
This could be my last guess as I've gotta get up for my own 24hr shift in a few hours. Thanks again.
>>712713214
The original etymology, you are correct. Specifically, PCP dissolved in ether, commonly called 'embalming fluid.' Say that around people who don't realize they're hearing a slang term and they start using real embalming fluid. C'est la vie.
How does it feel, knowing that Canadians who do the same job get paid twice as much as you do?
How many babies have you delivered?
>>712713567
Canadian money is worth half as much as American money
>>712713270
I had originally been in school to teach music if that tells you anything.
My grandfather had a heart attack in mid 2008 and I decided after my second year of college to take time off and go home to help out around home.
Started volunteering with the fire department. Realized I liked medical shit.
Ended up finishing an associates degree then went to EMT school.
After a couple of years of working as an EMT, I said fuck it going to medic school, this shit is the tits.
I now have a applied sciences degree and use it... And a set of skills no one can take away from me without cause. I'm useful, in a sense.
I take pride in that and in the service I provide.
Gore? Man, I've been lurking since '07...
Gore.
Lol fag.
As for the stress... I have a good support system at home. Loving fiancé and good family, as well as a good "work family."
I did attempt suicide at one point tho... I felt like I was letting people down for a while... I got over that shit.
I'm an EMT student, I recently had my first ridealong and I noticed that I was shit at getting vitals in the ambulance compared to when I practice on classmates or family. Any tips? Also why the fuck would a paramedic not give a 90 year old with clear and adequate breathing morphine for a hip fracture along with other suspected leg fractures? Had that happen recently.
Have any notable frequent flyers? Stupidest call you've gotten?
>>712713567
To be fair, they also have more clinical education than we do.
The United States is behind in that respect. If we ever plan on being taken seriously as a profession, rather than a trade, we gotta get our asses in gear and take a page out of *CRINGE* the nurses' books, because they did it right by getting unionized, and organized, and EDUCATED.
>>712713735
2. One girl, one boy.
>>712713428
Entirely different state.
What do you wish was in your scope of practice that other states or counties have? Have any stupid protocols?
>>712713818
Burnout is a real thing. Talk to your clinical director or your program director about that preceptor. That's not a good learning atmosphere.
And to be honest, learning to take vital signs is a bit of an art that takes a lot of remedial practice. Over and over.
Your skills will improve with time.
>>712713888
No notable frequent flyers really.
I've been called for a sore tooth?
>>712714313
It wasn't a preceptor. In my area, fire medics treat all 911 ALS calls and always seem to be on scene before us at every single call. I was riding with a private service, and fire arrived on scene before us. On ALS calls a fire medic would ride with us. I'm just pissed because the patient was in extreme pain and there was nothing I could do. I feel like I should have spoken up, but the EMT preceptors warned me about second guessing anything a medic does and speaking up.
>>712714206
I wish I had better pain management and RSI protocols, or fuck, even DAI protocols.
Also, I want haldol. Because haldol is nice.
We carry bare minimum in narcotics. It's kind of sad. The other service I worked at, which was a private service, had very liberal protocols.
I MacGuyver'd humidified oxygen using a hot pack, saline and a mask nebulizer for a burn victim once. Doc was like "lol as long as it works, call me back if you need anything else."
>>712714636
My advice is still the same. There is obviously a gap somewhere.
Do you have hare or sager splints? I hate hare splints with a passion.
Also fuck spider straps.
whats life outside work like? you have gf, fam, kids? do you find the job gives you enough 'you' time or do you feel on duty 24/7, even when you're off. How does the 24 shift schedule work throughout the week?
>>712715090
Hare.
Lol sager splints. You funny.
Didn't you read? Taxpayer funded, /b/ruh.
Do you have a good transit times to level one or two trauma centers or do you call air units often?
>>712715134
I'm glad I don't deal with them anymore. We have disposables.
>>712715355
I'm within 15-20 minutes running emergent status of the biggest level 1 trauma center in this region. If it gets a little further out? I would consider calling air.
>>712715178
I have a loving fiancé and awesome work family.
When I'm off and not doing fire department shit or EMS related shit? I'm off duty. Off. Duty.
If someone is literally dying in front of me, I'll help with CPR. I'm not scum. But I'm otherwise just a very knowledgeable layperson.
I try not to take work home with me if possible.
I usually work three days a week.
What's the most incompetent partner/ emt or medic you've seen in the field? I saw someone in class while practicing how to run a code with ALS present get confused and attempt to connect the mask from a bvm to the ET tube, took him a minute and a half to realize that the bag should be attached.
You are a good person OP and I hope you live a nice life.
>>712716070
Eeeeeh. Most incompetent thing I've seen is an EMR from a volunteer department try to stand in the middle of a landing zone - marked with landing lights - to direct the helicopter in.
With his arms.
>>712716211
I'm honestly not that nice of a person. I just like my job.
How long does it take for you to handover a patient to the ED? Here in britbong, ambulance crews often have to wait in the corridor for anywhere between 30 mins to 4 hours to handover.
>>712710275
OP here. I've moved to the work computer because fuck it, I may as well spend the rest of the night up with you faggots and sleep tomorrow. That and the captcha shit is annoying on my phone.
Keep it going.
>>712716659
Depends on where I go.
I've held up the wall for 3 hours once. Shortest wait time I ever had was 10 minutes...
If it's to the trauma center, and it's a shock trauma victim, there is no wait. Straight to the trauma bay.
>>712716806
Ok, so it's not just some British phenomena then. Our A&E departments are literally on the verge of collapse. We had someone arrest in our corridor a week ago after being sat there like a lemon for 2 hours waiting for a cubicle.
>>712716659
I'm not op, I'm the EMT student. But I had a stroke victim recently. We only waited about a minute or two before transferring the patient to a team waiting in the neuro-code room. But it was a really fancy trauma center. Took another five minutes until the patient went to the CT scanner
>>712710742
Any insight into why assaults on first responders is on the rise? Is it because of things like spice and bath salts?
>>712716970
Some wear uniforms that are the same color and a similar style to police uniforms.
>>712716970
>>712717061
Yes to both.
Our uniform here consists of a duty polo shirt and black tac-cargo pants. However, we also have PARAMEDIC on the right breast emblazoned along with our service logo on the left breast.
What do you keep in your 20 pockets?>>712717443
>>712717623
A pair of shears I got as a graduation present when I finished medic school and an ALS/Critical Care flipbook with handy dandy shit that I may forget sometimes as a reference.
Sometimes there's a random pair of gloves shoved in one of the pockets.
And my wallet.
Seen any memorable fractures recently? How about objects inhaled or swallowed? Radiologic tech student here.
>>712717716
Most recent thing I can remember is a tib/fib fracture that I had a pulseless foot in until I manipulated it and splinted it, then poured fluids to it.
I was a little worried about that one. Turned out well, tho. Pulse re-established with manipulation and fluid bolus.
have you ever gotten to do a standing takedown or use a PASG?
>>712712205
OP here.
You got quiet, guy.
:(
>>712717980
Yes to a standing takedown because this bitch tho...
And no to PASG. We had a pair that I found when I started working here that were dry-rotting.
Tossed.
ever been exposed to a serious infectious disease?
have you ever needed to administer haloperidol for a patient?
>>712718362
Thankfully, no. I've never had an accidental sharp stick, or anything like that. I consider myself lucky and I knock on my desk now that this trend continues.
Infectious Disease exposure protocols are a bitch to follow through on. And all that fucking paperwork...
Have I been around patients with shit? Of course. But I'm careful.
What are your hobbies in your spare time?
>>712718523
Yes.
At the old service I worked at. 20 of Versed hadn't knocked this dude out. Called med control. They said "have fun and keep your ET roll handy, call me if you need something else lolololol *CLICK*"
He went nighty night real quick.
What is the tattoo policy for EMTs?
>>712718677
What's a hobby?
I actually enjoy tabletop roleplaying, video games, and anime. I'm a nerd outside of work.
>>712718760
Dependant on your workplace.
Most places have a "keep it tasteful" approach; some places have you cover them up/don't tolerate them so much.
alberta emt student here. done didactic part now onto amb practicum in 2 days. been on hospital practicum for past 2 days
we had a frequent flyer come in that swallows metal objects. pretty neat seeing his x rays
>>712715623
How much do you make op?
seen any cases of priapism?
>>712718957
47.5k/year, including on-call pay. $13.97/hr. Anything over 40 is considered overtime.
Do you have to cover your tattoos?
>>712719008
In a spinal injury, yes.
>>712719060
How did you land a job like that?
serious question. have you ever had to deal with rape victims in the immediate aftermath? i'd imagine you'd have to be super sensitive and empathetic.
>>712719115
At this point in my life, I'm inkless. Considering getting that changed soon. Even then, it'd be covered.
Lemme tell you this. My partner - also a medic (yes, double medic units exist) - has a pierced nipple, tongue ring, and he has quite a few tattoos.
I'd still trust him to work on my family.
>>712719060
You should really be paid more. Much more...
>>712719161
Dumb luck.
>>712710275
just wanted to say i think doctors and emts do hard ass work and are under appreciated. That shit sounds tough and i think it takes a certain type of person to be able to do it. just wanted to say i think thats awesome
i guess if i did have a question its how old are you?
>>712719246
I'm 27. I've been in emergency services since 2009, in some capacity.
>>712719196
also asking
have you ever had to deal with rape victims in the immediate aftermath? i'd imagine you'd have to be super sensitive and empathetic.
>>712713818
I am an EMT student in Mississippi, I too suck at manual vitals lol. I have my NREMT coming up Dec 2. im nervous.
Why do paramedics call themselves medics? Why do they not understand the distinction? Medics are doctors.
>>712719060
this is as a paramedic? holy shit
medics in alberta make 40 an hour
and yeah our taxes and cost of living are probably much higher but i don't think its that much
>>712719196
>>712719368
I have. It takes a lot of patience, a lot of sensitivity, and empathy, to say the least.
I had been the EMT at the time, so I wasn't dealing with the patient as much as my medic partner. The tension ran high, though, considering we were both male and her alleged assailant had been male.
Evidence preservation is the real key. Not letting them shower, or do anything that could destroy DNA evidence is the hardest thing, because they just wanna scrub the problem away and make themselves try to feel better...
>>712710275
OP im a EMT student in Mississippi, you say far south.. im curious. Just finished my clinicals last week, and have NREMT Dec 2. any advice for the practical skills part, im nervous.
>>712719496
>>712719385
What school you go to, kid?
... Cat's outta the bag, I'm in Mississippi.
>>712719490
How many rape cases have you came accros?
>>712719605
haha oh shit. Holmes. You work for AMR or Pafford?
>>712719434
OP here.
Colloquialisms, /b/ruh.
Have you heard of them? It's different in different parts of the world.
>>712719673
Neither. I will not - REPEAT, WILL NOT - identify what service I work for.
Grenada or Ridgeland campus?
how do you manage to stay alert and spry throughout your 24 hour shifts
>>712719664
Just the one.
>>712719868
Micro naps. I don't drink coffee.
>>712719849
Understandable. 4chan is a deplorable place I wouldnt want anyone knowing I was on either. Ridgeland, btw.
Most rewarding experience as a paramedic?
>>712719946
Know your checkoff sheets and remember to keep it simple, stupid.
>>712720050
I just get nervous under pressure. I have not even had to use my retake on any tests so far, i have like an 87-89% average going into the final and registry. I am really only worried about the little knitpicky things inbetween the real stuff. also I am a little weary about getting the KED fitted right on the patient.
You on the truck right now?
>>712720017
I had been working at the service I work at now for a few months and I was lead medic on this day. We hadn't done shit all day and the call came in for the 54 year old with chest pain and shortness of breath; had been mowing the lawn and went inside, and was now on the floor.
We walked in, and dude was fucking gray and clammy as fuck. There's no question - he couldn't be presenting with anything else except a fucking MI.
12-lead at patient's side, then a right-sided 12-lead to rule out involvement of the right ventricle, moved to cot, IV access established. Blood pressure was good, nitro'd and ASA'd, oxygen; transported emergent. Pain was relieved by the nitro.
Got to the hospital; they didn't even bother running their own 12-lead, since we had transmitted. Code STEMI - do not stop in the ER, go right to the cath lab.
So we did.
The cardiologist let me watch the cath being placed. Total time from first medical contact to cath placement and blockage removed was 56 minutes.
He was saying thank you while still on the table, thanking me and my partner. We probably did - no, we did - saved this guy's life with quick recognition and treatment.
>>712719767
shiiiet
i hope you guys start making more soon
>>712720335
I am. And don't sweat it, man. Seriously.
>>712720432
Addendum: This was the first time I had ever been legitimately thanked by a patient. Ever. As a medic, as an EMT, as anything.
>>712710275
LOL that's mad true last time I got hit with the narcan I popped up, puked, and asked where my shit was. You wake up on CRAZY withdrawal
>>712720571
Which is why I push 0.4mg at a time.
I don't want your ass popping up on me. I just want you to keep breathing. That's it.
>>712712445
Stop being a fuck wad and let the big boys converse anon
>>712720499
good deal, thanks for the encouragement. I have a friends gf going through the class too, we cant wait to be doing it. I just graduated Ole Miss in May and have been waiting to do this for the past 3-4 years.
Sup OP,
How long do you think you'll be doing this? And do you want to get higher up eventually?
>>712720763
Pretty sure that fucking pleb is gone.
>>712720790
... Just graduated Ole Miss, huh?
Did you just get engaged too?
>>712713385
That's completely fucked bro. I'm not OP just a lurker but I had to comment on that. What the fuck is wrong with people?
>>712720808
if I stay in the state retirement system, I can happily retire at the age of 56.
Only 29 years and approximately 11 months to go.
I would like to see our service institute shift supervisor positions and/or move up to where my boss currently sits as the EMS Director.
We shall see someday. I know my body won't hold up.
I've considered finishing a bachelors degree and trying to go to med school or nursing.
>>712720890
OP here.
It's a sad state of affairs we live in, in today's world.
Buckle up. It's just gonna get worse.
>>712720861
nahh my gf actually got pregnant from another dude like the month before I graduated lol. No engagement here
>>712721222
Nevermind.
You sounded strangely familiar. I felt a presence I haven't sensed since I moved to my new home.
>>712721291
sorry to disappoint lmao.
>>712721577
Don't be.
I would've been amused, but otherwise, only mildly lulzworthy.
As an aside, wtf has happened to 4chan lately? All this captcha shit, and this 4chan Gold-sounding bullshit...
Someone educate an oldfag who is waking up from a 9001 year slumber.
>>712710275
OP here.
Just an update: I drank my last coke of the shift and I'm starting to hit rock bottom. As is this post, in general.
No one has bothered to educate me, either.
>>712721771
Im 24, and have been here since i was like 14/15 and 4chan has gone to shit. It got sold again to a new guy who cant afford to keep shit going. (hence the porn ads and limited upload limit) Now its just trap threads and the occasional good thread.
>>712722008
This depresses me slightly.
Some days, the shitposting on here was enough to make me laugh and wipe a lulz-filled tear from my cheek.
Others, it was a good outlet for aggression.
Oh, /b/. What a deeper sea of piss you've become...
... what a deeper sea...
>>712721993
Breath in.
Count to four.
Breath out.
Count to four.
>>712713079
I dealt with formaldehyde in wood composites manufacturing. It's certainly a carcinogen and causes cancer. The cell walls absorb it pretty easily due to the polarity of the molecule and the cell walls themselves. However it does vaporize when heated to about 150C or so. That will tell you if there's any formaldehyde in it. However you'll need to account for moisture evaporation as well. Not to mention how the THC reacts at those temperatures. Basically dealers aren't reputable people because their customer base is stupid.
>>712722186
Stop it, you.
>>712722197
It's not pleasant to deal with the after effects of exposure once it's inhaled like that, either. Like I said earlier, it causes some severe tachycardia - bordering on SVT in some - and a lot of anxiety and sweating, impending senses of doom, etc.
>>712722137
I will say that this thread made me a bit excited. Not everyday your hunch for a fellow Missishittyfag gets confirmed, and much less someone in the EMS profession. One of those neat "small world" things. But yeah, I miss the lulz.
>>712722399
>svt
oh shit that reminds me i need to refresh on my ecg's before practicum
>>712722481
Get to it, faggot.
>>712722447
It is a small world.
Are you gonna jump straight into medic school?
>>712722481
As an aside, it warms my heart to see greentexting still exists.
>>712710275
worst dick injury?
>>712722599
Traumatic injury as a result of a kicking incident. Legitimately an accident..
Kid was about seven or eight years old. Got kicked by his little friend while they were rasslin'.
Kicked him hard enough to cause testicular torsion. Poor kid's shit was turning purple and looked *rough.*
brb emergent trip to LeBohneur.
>>712713385
I'm calling BS
>>712722555
i figure I'll be an EMT for a few months/year or so, and see how I like it. Medic school seems like a whole nother fish to fry. After 5 years of school, I am looking forward to working for a little while and taking a break from school. It seems hella hard, all the stuff you guys gotta know
>>712722862
Not that poster, just the OP; you never know.
>>712722954
It can be overwhelming at times.
But its worth it.
>>712722312
Life is just breaths. From one, to the next.
>>712722756
owie
Not super horribad.
Ok, I'm a guy that fucks around with random stuff...
What do you do when you have an OD or unconscious call with no good info?
(Like, seeds from another country, extracted things that I can't name, etc... I find myself doing odds and ends to get my giggles.)
Luckily my only close call, I took care of on my own.
Unforunately, it was still scary. I knew what was happening.
I was screwing with a particular hallucinogen, that leaches potassium from your blood, but also dilates your arteries...
My heart didn't have enough potassium to maintain the pump rate to keep blood in all the places that needed it.
I couldn't stand, but I also couldn't lay flat without feeling my heart stop, so I had to just put my body into an incline, and give myself deep diaphragm chest coughs every few minutes, to force my heart to have an extra pump or two.
Most people would have gone to the hospital, but I knew wtf I was doing.
I'm sure there are a bunch of idiots that don't know wtf is going on when they dose some LSA extract or some other weird shit they order online from India.
How often you get "mystery" calls?
>>712723089
Air goes in and out.
Blood goes 'round and 'round.
Any deviation of the two needs correction in a quick manner.
>>712723093
... Not too often, thankfully.
I kinda got one this morning that turned out to be a psych call rather than a diabetic emergency.
Wish I had realized it sooner. Several curse words got uttered under my breath.
>>712723279
Ever had any supernatural/paranormal occurrences?
What about in your personal life? Ever experience any paranormal phenomena?
>>712723437
Not to sound cliche, but yes.
I've seen ghosts before. Recently deceased, still hanging around. The ones waiting on us to get done doing what we have to do.
I would rather not talk about it, if that's okay.
when doing 24 hour shifts, what is your sleep pattern like? do you ever have to go on calls while sleep deprived, maybe because you were woken up for a call during your normal sleeping schedule? does that concern you? did you have to adjust, if so how? and when you're at home, does the ambulance come pick you up or how does that work?
OP here.
It's getting late, and I'm finally starting to crash. I'm gonna take a nap, and then get up to get ready for shift change and finish up some paperwork. I may check this thread to see if it's still alive.
Feel free to keep fielding questions. I'll answer them as I come in and out.
>>712723915
Funny you should ask that...
I take micro naps through the day. 30 minutes here; an hour there. Just when I can.
I used to work a much more rigorous schedule; 48 to 72 hours on a truck. I have worked calls while sleepy before; that's when the challenge starts, fighting the 3AM fog of blur.
Anyway, naptime. Keep the posts rolling, you glorious /b/astards.
>>712723093
>My heart didn't have enough potassium to maintain the pump rate to keep blood in all the places that needed it.
You're literally talking nonsense.
>>712720890
>people
I have identified the problem.
>>712710275
never forget sticky side down
>>712711091
>tfw I was asleep for my ambulance ride because I tried to OD on a mix and one was Seroquel
Downside to being fat. 200mg below the LD50? Sleep for a day. Don't even puke. That wasn't even the same time, either. Either my kidneys are fucking cast iron or it's just pure fat absorption. I'm gonna go for gun if I ever try again. No point in trying shit that doesn't work.
